How to Save a Website as a ZIP File (Complete Guide for 2026)
Want to save a website as a ZIP file you can open later, share with a client, or store as a backup? Here's the simplest way to do it — works for any site, any device, no installs required.
Why Save a Website as a ZIP?
A ZIP gives you a single, portable file containing the entire website — every page, image, stylesheet, font, and asset, organised in folders. You can:
- Browse the site offline with no internet connection
- Email or share the entire site with a client or colleague
- Archive a project before a redesign or platform change
- Use it as a starting point for a new site rebuild
- Keep a snapshot of your portfolio or business as it looked at a specific date
- Comply with record-keeping requirements (contracts, legal disclosures, regulated industries)
Method 1: Use Website Sucker (Recommended for Most People)
This is the fastest way and works on any device:
- Go to websitesucker.com
- Paste the URL of the website you want to save
- Click Start — your first scrape is free up to 50 pages, watch the progress live
- When it finishes, click Download ZIP ($1.99, or from $1.30/credit in packs)
- You'll get a ZIP file like website-sucker-yoursite-com.zip
- Unzip it and open index.html in any browser to view the site offline
Method 2: Save a Single Page (Browser Built-In)
If you only need one page (not the whole site), every browser has a built-in option:
- Open the page you want to save
- Right-click → Save Page As (or File → Save Page As)
- Choose Web Page, Complete to also save images and styles
- You'll get an HTML file plus a folder of assets — zip them yourself with right-click → Compress
Method 3: SiteSucker (Mac Only)
If you're on Mac and want a desktop app, SiteSucker can download a site to a folder. You'll need to manually compress that folder into a ZIP afterwards. SiteSucker doesn't render JavaScript, so it won't work well on modern Wix/Squarespace/React sites.
What Goes Inside the ZIP
A proper site ZIP should contain everything needed to view the site offline:
- All HTML pages, organised by URL path (e.g. /about/index.html, /blog/index.html)
- All linked CSS stylesheets
- All JavaScript files
- Every image referenced on every page
- Custom fonts
- Embedded video/map iframes (preserved as live embeds when online)
- An index.html at the top level so you can just double-click to open it
Common Pitfalls to Avoid
A few things to watch out for when saving a site as a ZIP:
- Tools that don't run JavaScript will miss most content on modern sites
- Some tools download files but don't rewrite links, so the offline copy has broken navigation
- Free tools sometimes have hidden size or page-count limits — check before relying on them for a big site
- Always verify the offline copy works before deleting the original — open the ZIP and click around
Enable JavaScript to use Website Sucker.